Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1952
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458 BOARD OF TRUSTEES EXECUTIVE SESSION [November 24 On motion of Mr. McLaughlin, Mr. Fornof was elected Temporary Chairman of the meeting to serve until the arrival of President Williamson. B U S I N E S S PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY The Board considered the following recommendations and reports presented by President Stoddard. RELEASE OF DISCOVERY OF SKIN HEATER (1) Dr. Victor Guillemin, Jr., Professor of Biophysics and Biophysicist in the Aeromedical and Physical Environment Laboratory at the College of Medicine, reports the design of a "skin heater" which is intended to aid in the diagnosis of cancer; it has certain other applications. It is the recommendation of the University Research Board that the invention be released to the inventor. In support of its recommendation, the Research Board states that "The electrical circuit described is not unique and such circuits are commonly used by physicists. The only uniqueness would be in putting the circuit into a box with appropriate external features for use clinically. According to advice received by the Board, the method of diagnosis of cancer by differential temperature sensitivity is non-specific and indicative only." I concur. On motion of Doctor Meyer, this invention was released to the inventor, as recommended. PATENT APPLICATION ON FEED GRINDER (2) Mr. Murray W. Forth, Assistant in Agricultural Engineering, reports that he has designed and constructed a hammermill feed grinder which has some novel features. The University Research Board has considered this discovery and recommends that it be released to Mr. Forth. It is not, in the judgment of the Research Board, a machine the University is equipped to develop. The Board holds there is not sufficient novelty in this design to justify the expense of prosecuting a patent application. I concur in the recommendation of the Research Board that the discovery be released to Mr. Forth. On motion of Mr. Livingston, this invention was released to the inventor, as recommended. INVENTION OF PORTABLE, COLLAPSIBLE BLEACHER (3) Professor F. R. Steggerda of the Department of Physiology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Mr. Ivan Danhof, Research Assistant in Physiology, have constructed a portable, collapsible bleacher which is particularly useful for small group demonstrations. Professor Steggerda is of the opinion that this invention might be developed into something practical. The University Research Board has considered the question of patentability and recommends that the invention be released to the inventors. I concur. On motion of Mr. Livingston, this discovery was released, as recommended. At this point, Mr. Williamson took his place with the Board and presided. PURCHASE O F PROPERTY IN URBANA (4) It is recommended that the following properties in Urbana be purchased for the purposes indicated: 708 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana $63 125 This is a lot 62.5 feet by 130 feet at the northeast corner of Nevada and Mathews. The house on it is of brick construction built about thirty
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